John Stuart

Biography

John Stuart (John Alfred Louden Croall; 18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979) was born to Scottish parents, and was a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He successfully made the transition to talking pictures in the 1930s and his film career went on to span almost six decades. He appeared in 172 films (including shorts), 123 stage plays, and 103 television plays and series.

Known For

Inspector

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Pietro Morelli (Phase III)

The Wandering Jew

Dr. Underwood

Alias John Preston

Beverley

The Scarlet Blade

Owner of Kennels

To the Rescue

Harry Willshire

Pearls Bring Tears

Paul Kingslake

Love's Old Sweet Song

Noel Hampton

Reasonable Doubt

Harding

The Gilded Cage

Williams

Paranoiac

Barton

Number Seventeen

Hugh Fielding

The Pleasure Garden

Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

Sink the Bismarck!

The Blue Squadron

Guiseppe Labardi

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Moraine

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Allan Jeffcote

Hindle Wakes

James Rawdon

A Woman in Pawn

Slinger Woods

Sailors Don't Care

Maurice

The Glad Eye

L.B. Ellington

Headline

Lt. Saint-Avit

The Mistress of Atlantis

Sir Henry Baskerville

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Michael Rivven

We Women

Kilian Gurlitt

Die Yacht der sieben Sünden

Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army

Abdul the Damned

Lord Rollestone

The Pointing Finger

John Cartwright

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts

Alan Saunders

Hard Steel

Crabtree

House of Darkness

Henry Baring

This Week of Grace

John Trent

The House of Trent

Mack McDonald

The Show Goes On

Surgeon

Johnny, You're Wanted

Dr. Roger Hood

Talking Feet

Jeff Green

Lend Me Your Husband

Professor Smith

Village of the Damned

10th Elder

Superman

Gardener

The Ringer

Inspector Dicker

The Missing Million

Frank Brooks

The Black Abbot

Admiral

Further Up the Creek

Stephen Ellis

Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler

Terry - Undercover Detective

Danger by My Side

Inspector Thornton

Escape from Broadmoor

Dr. John Hayling

Mine Own Executioner

Alan Jeffcote

Hindle Wakes

Tony Bracklethorpe

High Seas

Jack Devenish

Taxi for Two

Major Gaunt

Women Aren't Angels

William Gardener, Turf Commission

Candles at Nine

David Graham

The Lost Chord

Dr. Edward Armstrong

Ten Little Indians

Rodney Foster

The Great Gay Road

Gentleman Burton

Verdict of the Sea

Lord Lovell

The Mistletoe Bough

The Tower of London

Robert Blair

Mayfair Girl

Michael Ferrier

In a Monastery Garden

Joseph Longley

His Grace Gives Notice

Peter Kerrigan

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

Jack

The Alley of Golden Hearts

Commdr. Hood

Ships with Wings

English General

Royal Flash

The Police Commissioner

Quatermass 2

Robert Cooper

The Seventh Survivor

Tony Morgan

Old Mother Riley in Society

Doctor

Tons of Trouble

Jack Tremaine

Eve's Fall

Gordon

Children of Chance

Elstree Calling

Chief Police Officer Staples

Banana Ridge

Max Nicholson

The Nipper

Bill Alden

No Exit

Lord Jimmy Hilhoxton

Kissing Cup's Race

Roger Drummond

Once a Thief

Larry Byrne

The Wrong Mr. Perkins

James 'Iron' Harg

Men of Steel

Lawrence

Atlantic

Dr. Warren

The Secret Man

Alquist

R.U.R.

Nigel Armine

Bella Donna

Magistrate

The Last Man to Hang

Chief Constable

Eyewitness

Charles Surface

The School for Scandal

Wilson

Mr. Denning Drives North

Magistrate

Street Corner

Police Officer

Bottoms Up!

Inspector

Third Time Lucky

2nd Platform Man at Connaught

The Magic Box

Gerald Amersley

The Man from Yesterday

Bank Manager

Chain of Events

John Summers

Blind Justice

Richard Bristol

Smashing Through

Bindle

Penn of Pennsylvania

George Douglas

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman

D’Ye Ken John Peel?

Larry Dean

The Green Pack

Inspector Webb

The Phantom Shot

Detective Inspector

It's a Great Day

Alex St. George

Kitty

Police Inspector

The Naked Truth

Det. Inspector Jim McBane

Man on the Run

Coroner

The Mummy

Inspector Jensen

Too Many Crooks

Lieutenant Skene

Roses of Picardy

Duke of Bedford

Mrs. Fitzherbert

Major Tony Griffiths

Little Fella

Guy Cheviot

Little Miss Nobody

Dudley Bellairs

A Daughter of Love

Harry Raymond

London Love

John Meakin

Enemy of the Police

John Massey

The Flight Commander

John Smith - Theater Manager

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Johnny

Mademoiselle from Armentieres

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-07-17

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

John Alfred Louden Croall